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Plant Annona reticulata (Annonaceae)

Common Names
Custard Apple
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,2-DISEHYDRONORCOCLAURINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
14-HYDROXY-25-DESOXYROLLINICIN 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANONAINE 10 Bark not available 1200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 150.0 1400.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 5000.0 11100.0 -1.18 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 0.2 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 176.0 1270.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 185000.0 884000.0 1.36 Duke, 1992 *
COCLAURINE 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COUMARINS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DOPAMINE 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 2000.0 21000.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 400000.0 0.71 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 8000.0 119000.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
HCN 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECANOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 4.0 47.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 800.0 3540.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOANTHOCYANINS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive 3 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Hyperthermic 1 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 9 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 7 Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic 1 Collins, D.J., Culvenor, C.C.J., Lamberton, J.A., Loder, J.W. and Price, J.R., Plants for Medicines, CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia, 1990, 303 pp.
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 1 Martindale's 29th
Insecticide 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insectifuge 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Insulinotonic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.